Congratulations, you made it! 🎉 Whether you’ve completed your Undergraduate, Postgraduate Taught, or Postgraduate Research qualification — this is a huge achievement, and you should be incredibly proud. As you get ready to graduate and take your next steps, there are just a few important things to wrap up before you leave the University. To […]
Category: data management
Why we’re introducing storage limits for SharePoint and OneDrive
Over the coming months, you may notice changes to how much data can be stored in SharePoint and OneDrive. These changes are deliberate, necessary, and have a much bigger impact than you might expect. What are the new limits? To help manage our digital storage more sustainably and responsibly: These limits apply to new sites […]
Managing your university digital storage: Why it matters more than ever
When we think about sustainability on campus, we often picture buildings, travel, waste, or energy use. Digital storage rarely makes the list. Yet behind every file we save, every email we keep “just in case”, and every forgotten folder sitting in the cloud, there is a very real financial and environmental cost. We recently highlighted […]
Digital clean-up day 2026: How We Did – And Why It Matters
Every year on 21 March, Digital Clean‑up Day encourages people and organisations across the world to step back, declutter their digital spaces, and rethink the environmental impact of our storage habits. What can feel like a small, everyday action—deleting old files, clearing out unused apps, archiving what you still need—actually carries significant consequences for energy […]
Digital Cleanup Day 2026
Every year on 21 March, Digital Cleanup Day invites individuals, organisations, and communities around the world to take a step back and rethink the way we interact with our digital lives. What may seem like an abstract idea — deleting old files, clearing out unused apps, streamlining storage — actually has real-world consequences for the planet, our privacy, […]
Expiry and deletion of Groups and Teams sites
It’s time for a clear out of our unused Microsoft 365 sites! We will soon be introducing expiry dates into Teams and SharePoint sites that have not been active for a year… Currently we have nearly 18,000 SharePoint and Teams sites, many of which were created as test sites by students and staff and have […]
Mobile device security
Welcome to the next installment of our 12-month Cyber Security Awareness campaign. In previous months we’ve covered social engineering, phishing and password guidance, and this month we’re focusing on mobile devices. Mobile devices contain a wealth of personal and sensitive information, including emails, contacts, financial details, and login credentials. They also often have access to […]
Mastering Microsoft in May 2023
We are excited to announce our upcoming program of Microsoft application training events! As technology continues to evolve, it is more important than ever to stay up to date with the latest software and tools. That’s why we are offering a series of training events designed to help you master Microsoft applications and maximize your […]
Completion of the transfer of data from StorSimple to SharePoint
We are delighted to confirm that we have now successfully moved 70TB of user data from StorSimple to either a dedicated SharePoint Site, a user’s OneDrive or another dedicated location. In addition, we have moved around 5TB of service-related data, meaning a total of 75TB has been transferred. For any data that was not given […]
UK Data Service: introductory online training series Spring 2022
The UK Data Service is the UK’s largest collection of UK and international social, economic and population data. They provide free access to a wide range of social science data for reuse. The Service contains thousands of data collections, including UK census data, government funded surveys, longitudinal studies, international macrodata, qualitative data, and business microdata. […]